JOANNA

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This Academy Award nominated work introduces the audience to a human limit experience in a poignant and tactful manner. Director Aneta Kopacz documents cancer-stricken Joanna’s life with her son with a great deal of restraint. In everyday moments and profound experiences the mother’s wish to remain at her child’s side well into the future finds painfully clear expression.
POL 2013 / 40 min
Language: Polish
Director: Aneta Kopacz
  • Screenplay: Tomasz Średniawa, Aneta Kopacz
  • Cinematographer: Łukasz Żal
  • Editor: Aneta Kopacz, Paweł Laskowski, Rafał Samborski
  • Music: Jan A.P. Kaczmarek
  • Sound: Michał Kawiak
  • Cast: Joanna Sałyga, Piotr Sałyga, Jan Wenda
  • Producer: Adam Ślesicki
  • Production Company: Wajda Studio
  • Co-Production Company: National Film Archive – Audiovisual Institute
This Academy Award nominated work introduces the audience to a human limit experience in a poignant and tactful manner. Director Aneta Kopacz documents cancer-stricken Joanna’s life with her son with a great deal of restraint. In everyday moments and profound experiences the mother’s wish to remain at her child’s side well into the future finds painfully clear expression.
  • Screenplay: Tomasz Średniawa, Aneta Kopacz
  • Cinematographer: Łukasz Żal
  • Editor: Aneta Kopacz, Paweł Laskowski, Rafał Samborski
  • Music: Jan A.P. Kaczmarek
  • Sound: Michał Kawiak
  • Cast: Joanna Sałyga, Piotr Sałyga, Jan Wenda
  • Producer: Adam Ślesicki
  • Production Company: Wajda Studio
  • Co-Production Company: National Film Archive – Audiovisual Institute